Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Most Americans who got first COVID-19 vaccine dose also got final shot: CDC
(Reuters) - Vaccination of about 88% of Americans who received the first dose of Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines was complete, a study of over 12 million people by the U.S. Centers for ...
Mar 15, 2021
Texas lawmakers prepare bill to cut $5.1 billion in winter storm power fees
(Reuters) - Texas lawmakers on Monday were preparing legislation to cut about $5.1 billion in disputed electricity and services fees levied on power marketers during a winter freeze that sent the stat...
Mar 15, 2021
White House says Biden continues to support same-sex unions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden continues to support same-sex unions, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Monday after the Vatican said priests cannot bless same-sex unions. ...
Mar 15, 2021
White House: probe into allegations against Cuomo should be quick, thorough
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden finds the developments regarding allegations of sexual misconduct against New York Governor New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to be troubling, and the investiga...
Mar 15, 2021
U.S. transport chief upbeat on summer travel as vaccines rolled out
By David Shepardson LANDOVER, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg gave an upbeat assessment about summer travel prospects on Monday as a growing number of Americans are v...
Mar 15, 2021
U.S. identifies two suspects in chemical attack on Capitol officer who later died
By Brad Heath and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Monday charged two suspects whom it alleged worked together to spray a chemical irritant on three Capitol Police ...
Mar 15, 2021
Biden reverses course in U.S. Supreme Court drug sentencing case
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration on Monday told the U.S. Supreme Court that it thinks low-level crack cocaine offenders should be among the beneficiaries ...
Mar 15, 2021
U.S. boosting Medicare reimbursement for COVID-19 vaccines: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration will nearly double Medicare's reimbursement rates for the coronavirus vaccines, increasing it to $40 per single-shot or $80 for a two-dose vaccine, Whit...
Mar 15, 2021
Big questions loom ahead of Biden’s next spending push, like ‘what is infrastructure?’
By Jarrett Renshaw and Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - With a $1.9 trillion COVID relief package finally passed, U.S. President Joe Biden's next big spending push is already on the horizon - repairing th...
Mar 15, 2021
Jury selection continues in Minneapolis trial for George Floyd’s deadly arrest
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - The trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder and manslaughter for his role in the deadly arrest of George Floyd, was due to conti...
Mar 15, 2021
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